Joe Morton

Without mentioning any names, there was a film that was being done, and I ran into the producer on the plane. It was a book that I really, really loved, and I said, 'I'd love to be a part of this.' And they made it clear that that was not going to be possible - for no particular reason other than that there was just no part for a black person.

American Actor

Hope Davis

You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck.

American Actress

Geri Halliwell

The thing is, when I feel like I have to lose weight, the opposite happens. I remember stuffing loads of chocolate on the plane to the shoot, and I thought, 'Why don't you have the courage to show up in a body that's natural, not overly worked out?

British Musician

Celine Dion

I have to say that when you tour the world, obviously, the jetlags and different hours and ways of living and traveling, a lot of hours in the plane, and you wake up in the morning and you're not quite sure where you are, and it is very tiring.

Musician

Gene Roddenberry

When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.

American Producer

John Oates

You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.

American Musician

Eddie Murphy

If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.

American Comedian

Robert Frost

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

American Poet

Enes Kanter

When I stepped in America outside of the plane, I said, 'I came home.

Turkish Athlete

Jim Courier

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

American Athlete

Refers to flying vehicles, often used when discussing travel.

Transportation Context

'Plane' is commonly used; aircraft or airplane are more formal or technical.

Air Travel Common

Helps understand size; planes are large and carry many people.

Visualizing Scale

Used in mathematics to describe a flat, two-dimensional surface.

Geometry Reference

When describing a surface, 'plane' highlights its evenness.

Flatness Emphasized

In carpentry, 'plane' always relates to a tool or action for smoothing wood.

Carpentry Specific

Don't confuse the carpentry tool with the aircraft; context matters.

Not About Flying

As a verb, 'plane' involves the action of using the tool to smooth wood.

Woodworking Action

Used to talk about levels or stages in abstract ideas, not just physical items.

Abstract Concepts

When used in botany, 'plane' refers to a specific type of tree, not other contexts.

Botanical Term

 exactly how neurons work together in the brain. This is also valuable for engineers, who study the insect brain to help design control systems for everything from self-flying airplanes to tiny search-and-rescue roach bots. So, size and complexity are not always the most impressive things. The next time you try to swat a fly,

Why the insect brain is...

 plane of focus is sometimes just a millimeter deep so it's very hard work and the cameraman alistair was working constantly just adjusting the focus but also every time you touch the camera tiny movement on the camera when you're on a subject that small is a big movement in the shot and so we're trying to touch

Filming the Kung Fu...

 another airplane everyone all the maintenance guys recognized it was the president as well as our cops inside they all knew oh my god it's the president they knew at that point some was going on minutes after arrival the president was headed back into the air but as far as the rest of the world know

Bush's Secret Visit to...

 Humans have been fascinated with speed for ages. The history of human progress is one of ever-increasing velocity, and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier. Not long after the first successful airplane flights,

The sonic boom problem -...

 flying around the world nonstop in a plane of his own design. Able to travel consistently at the incredible speed of one degree longitude around the equator per minute, the plane would take six hours to circle the world. There's just one

Can you solve the...

 that allow them to draw without a window. One is that parallel lines, like these, can only be drawn as parallel if they're parallel to the plane of the canvas. Otherwise, they need to be drawn converging to a common point

The mathematics of...

 when someone said something shitty to you and then spent the rest of the day wondering why you reacted that way? Yes. Have you ever seemed to lose your airplane ticket a thousand times as you walked

Ze Frank: Are you human?

 and putting your cell phone on airplane mode. In one study, researchers observed 260 students studying. On average, those students were able to stay on task for only six minutes at a time.

How to practice...

 Guys, we are ready. We go help the elephant. This is good. I'm happy now the vet's here. Fred works alongside a spotter plane to locate the injured bull.

Saving an Elephant from...

 the world number one in ultimate competition and I have to say no I did but I did challenge all the top grandmasters I planed it in the world